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Canadian Parents for French
British Columbia Chapter

PSN Enrollment up Ew

While official B.C. Ministry of
Education statistics are not yet
available, CPF-B.C. Chapter has
obtained preliminary enroliment
figures for both Immersion and
the Programme-Cadre de Fran-
cals for the 1930/81 school year.

There are presently about 4348
students enrolled in immersion
programs: 3803 In grades Kin-
dergarten through 7, early-entry
immersion; 366 In grades 6 and 7,
late-entry immersion; and 179 In
grades 8 through 10, from both
early and late Immersion pro-
grams. There are approximately
632 students In Kindergarten
through grade 7 In the Pro-
gramme Cadre.

Figures for 1979/80 were: 3141
In immersion and 213 in the
Cadre. This represents an In-
crease of 38.4% for the two im-
mersion programs (early and late)
and 196.7% for the Programme-
Cadre—an overall Increase In
intensive French language pro-
grams in B.C. public schools of
48.5%.

This school year early immer-
sion Is offered in 30 schools In 16
districts, late immersion in 9

schools In 4 districts, and secon-
dary Immersion in 4 schools In 4
districts. Because In some cases
more than one program Is offered
at the same place, the total In-
volvement In the province is 56
schools In 24 districts. Last year
there were programs in 42 schools
in 19 districts.

Early French Immersion ts
being offered for the first time
this year In Maple Ridge, Port
Alberni and Saanich. New schools
have been opened in Nanalmo
and Vancouver to handle in-
creased enrollments.

The tiny district of the Gulf
Islands is offering late immersion
for the first tlme to a split 6/7
class of 28 students. The Pro-
gramme-Cadre de Francals has
been newly implemented in Na-
naimo, Richmond, Terrace, and
Vernon.

The first students have moved
on into secondary school In Lang-
ley, Surrey and Vancouver, while
this fall 58 early and late immer-
sion students joined Coquitlam’s
lead classes at Malllard Junior
Secondary.

Conference, Sept./80 Workshop Reports See page 7

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